COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The goal of this online presentation is to promote interaction and collaboration between traffic monitoring program staff and pavement program staff. The presentation supports implementation of the new Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG). FHWA's Office of Highway Policy Information, in collaboration with the Design Guide Implementation Team (DIGI Team), created this presentation to help ensure that pavement data needs are met with the existing traffic monitoring program or adjustments to the program.

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OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

Describe the traffic monitoring program

Describe the pavement design program, as it relates to traffic monitoring

Explain the interconnectivity and interdependency between the traffic monitoring and pavement design programs

Identify ways to make the best use of available funding to meet users' data needs

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Federal and State department of transportation specialists, designers, and administrators who are responsible for traffic monitoring and pavement programs. Local transportation agencies, as well as those who are new to the traffic program and pavement programs, may also find this presentation to be interesting and helpful.